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Warning to boat owners on Spain’s Costa Blanca after ‘narcos’ are caught trying to steal a second vessel in a week

A SECOND attempt by drug traffickers in less than a week to steal a speedboat from the same Costa Blanca yacht club has again ended

6 Sep, 2024 @ 20:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

French ‘gangsters’ are found with 35 guns hidden in the boot of their car in Spain’s Alicante

TWO French nationals have been arrested in Alicante province after police found 35 semi-automatic guns hidden in their car. The vehicle’s final destination was Bordeaux

6 Sep, 2024 @ 12:03

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Drug driver ploughs into crowd on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Two women are seriously injured

THREE women were injured- two seriously- after a motorist who had taken drugs ploughed into a wall in Denia. The incident happened at around 11am

6 Sep, 2024 @ 11:23

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Man is arrested following execution-style shooting on Spain's Costa Blanca

Two men arrested following execution-style shooting on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Policia Nacional have arrested two people after a man was gunned down on Tuesday night at a parking garage in the centre of Denia.

5 Sep, 2024 @ 13:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Cursed’ indoor swimming pool on Spain’s Costa Blanca is closed after ‘leaking 500 litres of water per week’

JAVEA’S ‘cursed’ new municipal swimming pool which started construction in 2021 has suffered a fresh set back- water leaks totalling 500 litres per week. Rising

2 Sep, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Benidorm to launch its Low Emission Zone next year as part of EU directive: Locals and tourists will face fines for breaking new rules after initial trial period

BENIDORM will launch its Low Emission Zone (ZBE) in January 2025 following changes to its local mobility laws made last Friday. There will be a

2 Sep, 2024 @ 17:00

Benidorm·Environment·Lead

Popular holiday hotspot on the Costa Blanca suspends new tourist flat licenses for two years

Tourist town on Spain’s Costa Blanca bans new licences for Airbnb-style flats for two years

L’ALFAS del Pi has joined neighbouring Costa Blanca towns like Altea and Polop in suspending new tourist accommodation licenses. The council agreed on a two-year

2 Sep, 2024 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Police stop powerful boat being stolen from a Costa Blanca marina which was going to transport drugs and migrants between Africa and Spain

‘Narcos’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca are trying to steal boats from marinas to use for drug runs: Police thwart latest robbery attempt

POLICE stopped a boat theft in El Campello with the craft destined to transport drugs and people between North Africa and Spain. A sailor spotted

2 Sep, 2024 @ 11:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Revealed: The most expensive street on Spain’s Costa Blanca where homes sell for an average of €4million

THE most expensive street to buy a house in the Valencian Community has been revealed to be in the luxury Altea Hills urbanisation on the

29 Aug, 2024 @ 17:40

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Benidorm electric scooter thieves are caught out by GPS unit tracking stolen two-wheeler 600 kilometres away

Father and son tourists who stole an electric scooter from Benidorm are tracked down by police thanks to its GPS tracker

A LA RIOJA father and son have been arrested for stealing an electric scooter while on holiday 600 kms away in Benidorm after its GPS

28 Aug, 2024 @ 23:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Temporary licenses suggested to solve taxi chaos during the summer in popular Costa Blanca tourist city

Major resort on Spain’s Costa Blanca suffers taxi shortage chaos: Tourist influx sees population triple in summer with people waiting hours for a cab

A LACK of taxis in Torrevieja during the high season has prompted a call for temporary licenses to be issued for the busiest time of

28 Aug, 2024 @ 22:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Mayor demands extra police to bring down 'narco' mafia gang accused of making threats and burning cars over shutdown cockfighting venue in Alicante area

Mayor demands extra police to bring down ‘narco’ mafia gang accused of threats and burning cars over shutdown cockfighting arena in Costa Blanca area

THE mayor of an Alicante province town wants extra police brought in to bring down a mafia gang trafficking in drugs and running cockfights. Aspe

28 Aug, 2024 @ 19:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

‘I’m a tourist too!’: Major holiday hotspot in Spain launches campaign to counter ‘anti-tourism’ movement

A NEW Valencia region campaign is promoting a better understanding between tourists and residents in the wake of ‘anti-tourism’ protests in Spain this year. The

28 Aug, 2024 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Body of ‘foreign’ man, 45, is found shot to death near tennis courts on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MAN died on Monday night after being shot at least twice in an Elche area village on the Costa Blanca. The victim is said

27 Aug, 2024 @ 19:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Police discover black market octopus and other seafood being sold at restaurant on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN UNAMED Santa Pola restaurant is in serious trouble for having 35 kilos of unsourced seafood in its freezers to plate up for unsuspecting diners.

27 Aug, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

New ‘DANA’ to bring storms to parts of Spain this week, including Andalucia – these are the affected areas

AUGUST will bow out with changeable weather to Spain as a new DANA is expected to bring storms to parts of the country. A cold

27 Aug, 2024 @ 13:00

Lead·Weather

Hot location: This Costa Blanca town has seen property prices rise faster than any other coastal municipality in Spain

ORIHUELA on the southern Costa Blanca has seen the largest rise in house prices per m2 in the last year of any coastal municipality in

26 Aug, 2024 @ 18:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Nine swimmers are rescued by lifeguards on Spain’s Costa Blanca after ‘ignoring yellow and red flags’

A SUNDAY of sheer recklessness saw nine people rescued from El Campello’s two main beaches on the Costa Blanca. The bathers blatantly ignored yellow and

26 Aug, 2024 @ 17:19

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Drought warning in Spain: Third town on the Costa Blanca is told it faces water cuts if residents fail to cut back on usage

A THIRD Costa Blanca municipality faces cuts to domestic water supplies if residents don’t take ‘extreme measures’ to economise during the ongoing drought. The stark

22 Aug, 2024 @ 19:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Benidorm scammers conned savers out of €339,000 with bogus claims of UK-based investment companies bringing massive monthly profits

A SCAM based in Benidorm promising instant high returns on investments has been busted by the Policia Nacional after pocketing over €339,000 since 2021. Four

21 Aug, 2024 @ 12:37

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Smuggler steals a boat from tourist hotspot in Alicante to ferry migrants between Africa and Spain

THE Guardia Civil have impounded a boat stolen in Alicante province that ferried migrants from Algeria to the Balearic Islands. Officers intercepted the craft with

21 Aug, 2024 @ 11:14

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Lead

Watch: Bizarre moment a topless man on a horse exits his local corner shop in Spain

AN Elche Policia Local officer opened the door of a city grocery store on Monday and was greeted by the sight of a shirtless man

20 Aug, 2024 @ 23:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community·Video

Costa Blanca mayor accused of punching elderly resident after long-standing feud amidst calls for him to resign

A WAR of words has broken out over an alleged assault by Dolores mayor, Joaquin Hernandez on a 71-year-old resident as political opponents demanded that

19 Aug, 2024 @ 15:33

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Dozens of boat migrants arrive on popular tourist beaches on Spain’s Costa Blanca – including children, pregnant woman and wheelchair user

A STREAM of migrant boats have landed on the Costa Blanca in the last 24 hours according to the Cruz Roja. Three boats arrived late

19 Aug, 2024 @ 14:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

‘Anti-tourism’ movement arrives to Spain’s Costa Blanca: ‘Tourists go home’ banner is seen for the first time in resort popular with Brits

A BANNER opposing mass tourism has appeared for the first time on a Marina Alta beach in Alicante province. The 15-metre-long display was unfurled at

19 Aug, 2024 @ 12:18

Costa Blanca·Lead

British expats and locals in Spain are forced to live on bottled water as local tap supply ‘is not even safe for brushing teeth’

THE mass distribution of bottled water eventually started on Friday in a Costa Blanca municipality where drinking tap water was banned a week earlier due

16 Aug, 2024 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Lead